Door or like frame.



PA'TBNTED MAR.15,'1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ENOCH OHNSTRAND, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ART METAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK` A- CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

DOOR OR LIKE FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,492, dated March 1.5, 1904.

Application led February 20, 1903. Renewed February 8,1904. Serial No. 192,716. (No model.)

T all whom i# www Concern.' Embedded within the plaster 4 isthe angle- Be it known that I, ENOCH OHNSTRAND, a piece 5, said angle-piece beingfurther secured resident of Jamestown, in the county of Chauin position by means of the screws 6, which tauqua and State ofrNew York, have invented enter the wooden stringer 3. Riveted or 50 a new and usefulImprovement in Door or Like otherwise secured to the flange 7 of the angle- Frames; and Ido hereby declare the following piece is the metallic casing 8, said casing beto beafull,clear, and eXactdescription thereof. ing formed of cheap metal of the proper My invention relates to metallic frames for thickness and shaped or bent to whatever dedoors, windows, or like stationary frames sign may be desired. In this instance the 55 used in finishing the interiors of buildings, casing is bent to form the beading 9, and inthe object of my invention being to provide serted between said beading and the flat or a metallic frame suitable to be used in conmain portion of the casing is the molding 10, nection with metallic doors or window-sashes said molding being secured to the casing8 by so constructed and applied as to be securely means of the screws l1, said screws being 60 I5 held in place and as free from joints as possicountersunk within the casing 8 and entering ble in order that when the casing -is finished the molding 10 from the rear, so that when said in imitation of mahogany or any other hard casing is in position no rivet holes or marks wood a rich and elegant appearance is obare apparent from the outside of the frame. tained, while at the same time a strong, dura-A The casing 8 is bent around, as at 12, to con- 65 2O ble, and reproof structure is provided. nect with the jamb 13, said jamb being bent To these ends my invention comprises, gento form the shoulder 14, against which the erally stated, a'door or like frame comprising door presses when closed, and the flange 15, a metallic casing, a portion of which is emwhich bears up against the plaster and brickbedded in the plaster, cement, or other plastic work. The casing 8 overlaps the flange l5 by 70 material'composing the wall, 'said casing havthe bent portion l2, and the said portion 12 ing the molding secured thereto from the inof the casing is secured to the ange 15 by side, so that no attaching means is visible, and means of the rivets 16. Surrounding the a jamb secured to the casing, all as fully hererivets 16 are the sleeves 17, which act to supinafter set forth and claimed. port the portion 12 of the casing and add to 75 To enable others skilled in the art to make the rigidity of the same.

and use my invention, I willdescribe the same The metallic frame constructed in the manmore fully, referring to the accompanying ner described provides a strong, durable, redrawings, in which proof framework in which the parts of the Figure 1 is a view of a doorframe conframe are so embedded in the plaster and con- 8O structed in" accordance with my invention, and nected together as to form a very rigid con- Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the frame struction with few points of connection, the and a portion of'a door to be used in connecpoints of connection being located ,where tion therewith. hardly visible, so that when the framework is Like numerals indicate like parts in each of nished in imitation of mahogany or other 85 40 the figures. 'hard-wood finish the appearance is rich and In the accompanying drawings the numeral elegant. The'framework may be readily put 2 .designates the brickwork of a partitionin position, and when once fixed in place there wall of a building, and within said wall is is no liability of the warping or separating of embedded the wooden or other Stringer 3. the joints, such as is liable to occur in wooden 90 On the outside of the wall 2 is the usual layer structures, while at the same time the fireof plaster or other suitable plastic material 4f proof framework is obtained.

What I claim is- 1. A frame for doors, Windows and the like,

i composed of sheet metal, a portion thereof beig embedded in the plastic material of the Wa 2. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, consisting of a casing of sheet metal having a projecting portion thereof embedded in the plastic material of the Wall.

3. Aframe for doors, windows and the like, consisting of a sheet-metal casing, an anglepiece secured thereto, one ange of said anglepiece being embedded in the plastic material of the Wall.

4. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, consisting of a sheet-metal casing, an anglepiece secured thereto, one flange of said anglepiece being embedded in the plastic material of the Wall, and means for fastening said ange to the main Wall.

5. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, consisting of a sheet-metal casing, an anglepiece secured thereto, one ange of said anglepiece being embedded in the plastic material of the Wall, a stringer in said wall and means for securing said ange to said Stringer.

6. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, comprising a casing of sheet metal, molding secured thereto, and fastening devices connecting said molding from the rear side of said casing.

7. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, comprising a sheet-metal casing, a molding, screws passing through said casing from its rear face and engaging said molding.

8. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, comprising a sheet-metal casing having a beading formed thereon, a molding secured within the angle formed by said beading and the main body of the casing.

9. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, comprising a metallic casing adapted to be secured to the Wall, and a jamb formed of sheet metal the casing overlapping said jamb and secured thereto.l

l0. A frame for doors, Windows and the like, comprisinga metallic casing adapted to be secured to the Wall, and a jamb formed of sheet metal the casing overlapping said jamb and secured thereto,rivets connecting said casing and jarnb, and sleeves surrounding said rivets and separating said casing and jamb.

ln testimony whereof I, the said ENOCH OHNSTRAND, have hereunto set my hand.

ENOCH OHNSTRAND.

Witnesses:

A. GUBERT, R. M. BAUER. 

